Disciplines/Field of Instruction
Degrees Received
- Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Duquesne University
- M.A. in Rhetoric, Duquesne University
- B.A. in English, Huntington University
Courses Taught
- COM 215 - Argumentation and Debate
- COM 225 - Culture and Communication
Selected Presentations/Publications
- “Inspiring Consensus in Community: The Faith and Hope in Proximate Speech,” published in Journal of Christian Teaching Practice, 2020.
- The Shape of the Sign: The Space Shared by Walker Percy and Hellen Keller presented at the Religious Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT November, 2018.
- Talking with Robots: AI Assistant Technology and Speech Development presented at the National Communication Association, Salt Lake City, UT November, 2018.
- Story Telling as Loving Resistance presented at the Eastern Communication Conference, Providence, RI, April 2019.
- "Artistic: Speech: Reviving Forms of Moral Imagination," published in Listening: Journal or Communication, Ethics, Religion and Culture, 54.2, Spring 2019.
- “The Pietistic Institution: A Problem of Organizational Identity” in Whole and Holy Persons: A Pietist Approach to Higher Education. Ed. Chris Gehrz. Westmont: InterVarsity Press.
- Ward, J.S. and David Stern. “A Case for Interfaith Discourse” in Interfaith Dialogue in Practice: Christian Muslim, Jew. Ed. Daniel Brown. Kansas City: Rockhurst University Press, 2012.
- “Third World Identity.” Encyclopedia of Identity Ed. Ronald L. Jackson. SAGE, 2010.
- Book Review: Arthos, John. The Inner Word in Gadamer′s Hermeneutics. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2009 in Journal of Communication and Religion 33.2, 2010.
Current Projects
- Book: Authority and Personality in Mikhail Bakhtin′s “Author and Hero in Aesthetic Activity”
- Article: “Mediated Persona: Digital Time and Aesthetics”
Research Interests
- Mediated Communication
- Persuasion
- Personality Development
Consulting Expertise
- Partner & Content Strategist, Durable LLC
Awards & Distinctions Received
- Dissertation of the Year Award, Religious Communication Assoc., 2014
- Richard H. Thames Teaching Award, 2010
- Top Panel Award, Central States Communication Association, 2014
Professional Society Memberships
- Religious Communication Association (RCA)
- Eastern Communication Association (ECA)
- National Communication Association (NCA)
Miscellaneous, e.g., hobbies, sports, personal info, etc.
- bicycling, coffee brewing, reading, song writing
